Monthly Archives: December 2021

I can’t recall ever dumping on a “Spider-Man” movie, and I see no reason to start now. Yes, they’re as repetitive and formulaic as the other franchises in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But they never fail to find the cute … Continue reading →

It’s animated and out in April.

How well do you figure the “National Treasure” movies played, how easily understandable were they to international audiences with even less knowledge of the arcana of American history than the average U.S. Joe? That’s something I pondered while watching a … Continue reading →

This send up of Cage’s rep, image and last dozen years of career choices, not all of them “Pig,” could go either way…great or not so much. What do you think, based on this first teaser?

Of all the “reconsiderations” that this fall’s glorious crop of big screen biographies has imposed long-held preconceptions, none more alters our view of its subjects than “Being the Ricardos,” Aaron Sorkin’s revival of the “I Love Lucy” of myth and … Continue reading →

A fatherless kid and future writer comes of age in the working class Long Island of the ’70s and ’80s, mentored by an autodidact uncle in “The Tender Bar,” a film based on a memoir by J.R. Moehringer. It makes … Continue reading →

Icky in that “Human Centipede” way, as excruciating as any torture porn thriller, and damned ridiculous by the time all is said and done, the Spanish thriller “Dos” or “Two” sets up a simple, nasty problem and fails to engage … Continue reading →

This opens February 4. Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, Michael Pena, Donald Sutherland, the world’s ending and “Don’t Look Up” is no laughing matter to Mr. “2012” and “Independence Day,” Roland Emmerich.

The wrestling empire that is WWE dives even deeper into movies with “Rumble,” an animated film that they made through Paramount Animation, and had slated for theatrical release earlier this year. “Rumble,” based on a graphic novel about a world … Continue reading →

This is an altogether more interesting list than the half-hearted Golden Globes glob dumped earlier this AM. Lots of love for “Licorice Pizza,” “Belfast,” “CODA…” But I have to say, honoring out a somewhat hamhanded turn by Lady Gaga and … Continue reading →